Legal Opinion

Godfrey v. Herring

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 11, 1905PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court. Fraud in the conveyance was not proved. 38 Ark. 419; 9 Ark. 482; 18 Ark. 124; 20 Ark. 216; 37 Ark. 145; 45 Ark. 492; 31 Ark. 554; 63 Ark. 16; 14 Am.* & Eng. Ene.

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Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court. Fraud in the conveyance was not proved. 38 Ark. 419; 9 Ark. 482; 18 Ark. 124; 20 Ark. 216; 37 Ark. 145; 45 Ark. 492; 31 Ark. 554; 63 Ark. 16; 14 Am.* & Eng. Ene. Eaw, 512; 52 N. Y. 274. Appellant was not a privy to any fraud, and gáve value for the land. 23 Ark. 258; 18 Ark. 172; 46 Ark. 542; 49 Ark. 20. Appellee cannot complain of the conveyance of the Godfrey homestead. 52 Ark. 101; 54'Ark. 194; 52 Ark. 547; 66 Ark. 382. Every case must rest upon its own facts. 22 Ark. 184; 69 S. W. 602.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.

This is an action by Mary E. Herring against her father and stepmother to set aside a conveyance alleged to be in fraud of her rights as a creditor of her father. Her claim against her father was reduced to judgment January 5, 1900, and affirmed orally in this court December 20, 1902. The' claim thus reduced to judgment long antedated the transactions complained of. The contest involves two parcels of land, one a tract of 1,037 acres on Saline River, in Bradley County, and the other a town lot in Warren. The title to both were in Mrs. Godfrey, and the court found the conveyances to her…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Apperson & Co. v. BurgettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
  2. Sanders v. SandersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Bank of Sun Prairie v. HovigDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1963
  2. Harris v. ShawSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1954
  3. Robbins v. FullerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
  4. Farmers' State Bank v. FosheeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
  5. Wasson v. LightleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933

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